Briefly in Datebook

A grand opening celebration for three galleries and an interior design

studio on Mariners Mile will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, featuring

original paintings and mixed-media works and food and wine from Cafe

Panini.

The Galerie at Newport, which showcases moderately priced colorful,

realist work, is at 2429 W. Coast Highway, Suite 102. Charlotte Jackson

Fine Art, Inc., which features minimal art, is at the same address, Suite

101. DJR International Art, which shows Vietnamese art, is at 2431 W.

Coast Highway, Suite 204. Maison Design Studio, at 2505 W. Coast Highway,

Suite 101, features interior design option.

All four locations are participating in the event.

Food will be served at 2505 W. Coast Highway, Suite 102. For more

information, call (949) 722-1131.

Three plays on tap for summer at OCC

OCC is planning three productions for its summer theater season.

The college will open the summer season with “The Mineola Twins,” a play

by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paula Vogel. The show will run June 22

through 25 and June 29 through July 2.

“The Little Prince,” the Rick Cumminns and John Scoullar play based on

Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s famous book, will run July 12 through 15 and

19 through 22.

OCC is also planning a “One-on-One Festival” featuring monologues and

one-person dramas. Works to be presented include Jane Martin’s “Talking

With” and Eric Bogosian’s “Drinking in America.” The festival will run

July 26 through 30 and Aug. 2 through 6.

The college is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. For more information,

call (714) 432-5640.

Auditions for ‘Fools’ to be held at Trilogy

The Trilogy Playhouse will hold auditions for Neil Simon’s comedy “Fools”

from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the theater.

The playhouse needs seven men 25 to 55 years old, two women 35 to 50

years old and one young woman age 17 to 20. All roles are open.

“Fools” is a story about a Russian village that struggles with a curse of

stupidity. The play will run April 27 through May 14.

Trilogy Playhouse is at 2930 Bristol St., Building C-106, Costa Mesa, in

the back lot of The Lab Anti-Mall. For more information, call (714)

957-3347.

OCC to host best of Banff film screening

A three-hour program of the “best of the best” of the Banff Mountain Film

Festival will come to OCC on March 22 for a special screening.

The screening, to be held at 7 p.m. in the Robert Moore Theatre, will

feature films from Canada, Scotland, Germany and many other countries.

The films range from three to 45 minutes in length and many of them

feature mountain-oriented activities such as climbing and mountain

biking.

Tickets are $8 to $9. OCC is at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. For more

information, call (714) 432-5601.